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The names, addresses, bank details and signatures of some Wightlink customers have been compromised following a sophisticated cyber attack on the cross-Solent operator's IT infrastructure, it has been revealed. Wightlink is in the process of contacting affected customers about the data security...

Police, with the support of WightSAR, are conducting a search for missing 34-year-old Anthony ‘Spencer’ May from Newport, with extreme concerns growing for his welfare. Anthony was last seen around 12:45 today and is described as being white, around 6ft...

Wightlink has announced that it has had to cancel a number of its Fastcat sailings on Friday morning (11th March) due to the absence of an essential member of crew. The following sailings have been cancelled on the Ryde Pier...

Motorists are really starting to feel the pinch as fuel prices hit £2 a litre here on the Isle of Wight - and the cost is only set to increase as the days and weeks roll on. For possibly the...

A car has been badly damaged by fire in Upper Ventnor this afternoon (Wednesday). 1 fire appliance from Shanklin was mobilised to Gloucester Road, off Newport Road, at just before 16:35. Firefighters donned breathing apparatus and used a hose reel...

The discovery of a suspicious device on the beach at Sandown has led to the closure of Culver Parade this afternoon (Wednesday).  An item - which appears to be a number of flare-like items strapped together - has been found...

Police, Coastguard Rescue Teams and Bembridge Lifeboat have all responded to concerns for the welfare of a man on the wrong side of the fence at Culver Cliff. At around 11:30 this morning (Wednesday), emergency services were alerted to concerns...

The Isle of Wight Council is urging Island poultry keepers to ensure they protect their birds, and for everyone to be vigilant around domestic and wild birds, after a case of bird flu was confirmed in a dead White-Tailed Eagle...

Police are looking for witnesses to a crash in Ryde yesterday (Monday) which left a motorcyclist with a serious pelvic injury. Emergency services were called to a collision between a VW Golf and a Yamaha YZF R1 on High Park...

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is tackling a property blaze in the South Wight village of Whitwell this morning (Tuesday). Multiple appliances are on scene at Bannock Road, where a fire has taken hold of a...